Monday, August 28
hurricane katrina. - Monday, August 28, 2006
i'm looking back on previous articles written on Hurricane Katrina and damn, i remember how i felt about it.as you know, i have 2 families of relatives over in the U.S. kyle & cam, aaron & cheryl. both of which are in houston & L.A respectively. at that time, aaron & cher were still happily living in sg & i was having my N level prelims. Hurricane Katrina didn't affect me that much cos well, i didn't hear ANYONE panicking on how kyle & cam were, so i just went abt studying lah. i assumed everything was fine.
little did i know, that cam & my aunt were right in the path of the hurricane & that EVERYONE had been glued to CNA for the longest time to hear about updates & praying. it was only after the hurricane changed its course that they decided to tell me. i later learnt that my aunt & cam were in their basement( they decided to stay put), kyle was away in college & couldn't get anywhere near the hse cos of the closure of roads & their dad was away in another state. my sis showed me hurricane katrina's course & where they were at and they were THIS close. crazy stuff.
i talked to my aunt a week after everything settled down & she said that kyle called her fm his college screaming "MOM WAD THE HECK ARE U STILL DOING THERE?! GET OUT OF THERE NOW!!!" obviously my aunt didn't budge eh?
do you see what i mean abt wanting everyone in sg?! & i was blooooooody ignorant & unobservant lah!
love always,
kel